baldy...ugh. saturday forecast looks decent but windy. traffic could be a bear unless you get an early start-say 7am-and start near the intersection of east fork and hwy 39. you'd hafta buy one
of those $5 usfs day passes at a local store in azusa to hang from your rear view mirror but at least you could skip the boring climb from azusa to east fork. you'd also miss out on some
traffic. would be at the crystal lake turnoff/closed section of hwy 39 by 9am...dawson saddle by 10:30am. if there is other traffic, it would be on the other side of the road once you start the fun
descent from dawson saddle.